A recent study published in theProceedings of the National Academy of Scienceshas delivered crucial insights into the global sea-level rise over the past 30 years. Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic ...

Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use sediments and fossils to roughly reconstruct how sea levels changed over ...

When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals rather than the cliffs behind. But these cliffs hold a history of past climate ...

The fence around a "Building A Better Boston" project gets its feet wet as high tide during the snow storm floods across Long Wharf in 2020. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) New research from the Woods Hole ...

Over the next decade, rising oceans are poised to redraw the edges of some of the world’s best known coastal cities, turning today’s “once in a century” floods into regular events and pushing salt ...

Satellite data reveals sea-level rise has unfolded almost exactly as predicted by 1990s climate models, with one key underestimation: melting ice sheets. Researchers stress the importance of refining ...

Global sea levels have not continued to rise at the rates predicted by many scientists — and there is no evidence that climate change has contributed to any such acceleration, a new first-of-its-kind ...

Ancient coral fossils from the remote Seychelles islands have unveiled a dramatic warning for our future—sea levels can rise in sudden, sharp bursts even when global temperatures stay steady. Coastal ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new research project is looking into the possibility of reflooding the Qattara Depression, a massive low-lying desert area in Egypt, to help ...